DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER

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Turkish PM Erdogan seeks a move to the presidency

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · July 1, 2014 1:37 pm

Presidency move comes with some peril for Erdogan

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · July 1, 2014 12:03 pm

A man shouts as plain clothes security members try to detain a person who was reading as security close the city's landmark Taksim Square and Gezi Park on the first anniversary of last year's protests in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 31, 2014. A government backed redevelopment plan for Gezi Park in Istanbul sparked anger and morphed into nationwide anti-government protests in June, leaving eight people dead and thousands other injured.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish police crackdown on protesters

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 31, 2014 7:25 pm

Anti-government protesters chant slogans on a monument for the town's miners, during a march in Soma, Turkey where the mine accident took place, Friday, May 16, 2014. Hundreds of protesters took part in the march against the government and there were clashes with the police forces. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish firm, govt deny negligence in mine fire

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 17, 2014 1:59 am

A man offers his prayers for the victims of the mining accident being buried during their funeral procession as he sits by empty graves prepared for the victims, in Soma, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Grief and rage as Turkey buries mine disaster dead

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 15, 2014 9:37 pm

Relatives of miners wait near a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014. An explosion and fire at the coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Energy and Environment

Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 15, 2014 1:10 pm

A miner cries as rescue workers carry the dead body of a miner from the mine in Soma, western Turkey, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. An explosion and fire at the coal mine killed at least 232 workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 people were inside the coal mine at the time of the accident. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

274 dead in Turkey’s worst-ever mine disaster

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 15, 2014 4:35 am

Relatives try to get information outside a local hospital after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least one miner Tuesday and left up to 300 workers trapped underground, a Turkish official said. Twenty people were rescued from the mine in the town of Soma in Manisa province but one later died in the hospital, Soma administrator Mehmet Bahattin Atci told reporters. The town is 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul. (AP Photo/Depo Photos)

201 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 14, 2014 4:06 am

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